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The Invisible Man - LimpidSoft

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CHAPTER VII. THE UNVEILING OF THE<br />

STRANGER<br />

<strong>The</strong>re were excited cries of "Hold him!" "<strong>Invisible</strong>!" and<br />

so forth, and a young fellow, a stranger in the place whose<br />

name did not come to light, rushed in at once, caught<br />

something, missed his hold, and fell over the constable’s<br />

prostrate body. Half-way across the road a woman<br />

screamed as something pushed by her; a dog, kicked apparently,<br />

yelped and ran howling into Huxter’s yard, and<br />

with that the transit of the <strong>Invisible</strong> <strong>Man</strong> was accomplished.<br />

For a space people stood amazed and gesticulating,<br />

and then came panic, and scattered them abroad<br />

through the village as a gust scatters dead leaves.<br />

But Jaffers lay quite still, face upward and knees bent,<br />

at the foot of the steps of the inn.<br />

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